Month: January 2011

seriously. it is a compulsion. women talk about their births. they cannot help themselves. i’m sure child birth is a life changing event, but does it have to define you? become the one tale you tell? and what about a little discernment about the telling of this tale? i bring this up because several times …

well, i had my 21 week checkup yesterday. and it went swimmingly. heart rate (baby’s) and belly measurements (mine) are right on track. doctor again said everything was “perfect.” (i think he’s caught on to the fact that patients hang on his every word, so he is very careful which words he uses). so, that’s …

so you remember back around Thanksgiving when i described the horrible heart break of some friends of ours who were in the process of adopting, had been matched with birth parents, had actually met the little boy and then the birth parents changed their (teenage idiot) minds? well, we are still praying that there is …

and BAM! none of my clothes fit. like t-shirts that are usually roomy sleeper/workout t’s are now belly shirts. (i think they must have shrunk in the dryer). we discussed the whole boob thing a few posts back, and i’ve gotten some nursing bras (each cup the size of my head) that are doing the …

on my way home tonight, after a long day at work away from home and my crazy hot husband, i had this mad, burning need that i knew could only be quenched in one way. it was so all powering, it made my palms sweat and my pupils dilate. every cell in my body was …

so since we can breathe a little easier about the current health and wellness of the bebe, i can now move on to worrying about other things.. pink or blue? ponies or trucks? miniature cheerleading outfits or jerseys? we’ve gotten a lot of flak for not finding out the sex of our little nugget. (i’m …

healthy and normal and on track for june 8th. weighs a whopping 10 oz. at 50th percentile for growth and spine is closed, ventricular septum is closed, heart chambers are formed, two kidneys, bladder, brain with all the parts forming properly, lip/palette normal…what else? very active and funny to watch, i could watch it all …

so, let’s say you have a slightly above average sized girl who sports on a non-pregnant day around a size 36DD bra. let’s just say. then she gets knocked up and her boobs gain ground…a lot of ground. like each one is the size of a small child or a rather large woodland creature. so, …

this week i’ve been a little down. i passed another one of my due dates. the coworker who was due within a couple days of me is at home with her infant son. or, if you’d rather be morose in a different direction, my first baby would be 10 months old right now had it …

there’s this coworker of mine who is drop dead gorgeous and some sort of medical marvel. she gained 65 lbs with her first pregnancy 2 yrs ago but had lost ALL OF IT by the time she got back from maternity leave 12 weeks later. she’s pregnant again now and is already at 50 some …

Sarah Zimmerman

Sarah is a writer and a Physician Assistant, mom of two, wife of one, and co-owner of a vegan ice cream business. She aims to keep laughing, finding the funny in the hard stuff of life.
She is the third place winner of the 2018 Mark Twain House Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Contest: https://marktwainhouse.org/royal-nonesuch